--- title: The youngest gave her for gift that she should be the most beautiful… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The youngest gave her for gift that she should be the most beautiful person in the world; the next, that she should have the wit of an angel; the third, that she should have a wonderful grace in everything she did; the fourth, that she should dance perfectly well; the fifth, that she should sing lik --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/) / 13 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, sentence 13 The youngest gave her for gift that she should be the most beautiful person in the world; the next, that she should have the wit of an angel; the third, that she should have a wonderful grace in everything she did; the fourth, that she should dance perfectly well; the fifth, that she should sing like a nightingale; and the sixth, that she should play all kinds of music to the utmost perfection. **Who acts:** youngest, that, Princess · **What happens:** give, be, have, do, dance, sing · **To what, where:** sixth, Princess, beautiful person, world, wit, wonderful grace This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (youngest, that, Princess), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg503:10:13 # text = The youngest gave her for gift that she should be the most beautiful person in the world; the next, that she should have the wit of an angel; the third, that she should have a wonderful grace in everything she did; the fourth, that she should dance perfectly well; the fifth, that she should sing like a nightingale; and the sixth, that she should play all kinds of music to the utmost perfection. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 9 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 13 advmod _ _ 13 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 wit wit NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 grace grace NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 41 nmod _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 54 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 fifth fifth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 that that SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 61 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 62 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 conj _ _ 64 like like ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ; ; PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 sixth sixth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 72 that that SCONJ IN _ 75 mark _ _ 73 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 nsubj _ _ 74 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 75 aux _ _ 75 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 70 acl:relcl _ _ 76 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 77 det _ _ 77 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 75 obj _ _ 78 of of ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 79 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 nmod _ _ 80 to to ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 82 utmost utmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 83 perfection perfection NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 70 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the youngest | the sixth | Princess | | | for gift and the beautiful person | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Recipient sixth=Theme for gift=Asset | | 2 | **is a** | should | that | the beautiful person | | the world | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | should | Princess | the wit of a angel | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wit=Patient | | 4 | **have** | should | Princess | a wonderful grace | | everything | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grace=Patient | | 5 | **do** | past | Princess | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **dance** | should | Princess | | | | | well *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **sing** *speech: express* | should | Princess | | | | | like a nightingale | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 8 | **play** | should | Princess | all kinds of music | | | | to the utmost perfection | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/14/) - ↑ back to [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/)